I need a serious flashing blinking warning of some kind on this post. Not only will you need a kleenex or ten, but you will need some smelling salts or some other way of reviving yourself after the shock. Today I have a guest poster. He’s the strong silent type, and I can honestly say [Read On]
A Great Day.
September 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
Today I was the guest poster over at Dana’s blog – you remember Dana, she blogged here on Tuesday about her son “Looking Great”! Anyways – today I wrote a post for her blog about what it takes for Kendall (and similarly so many other mito kids) to actually HAVE one of those “great days”. [Read On]
Give and Take.
September 21, 2011 By 9 Comments
Our days are filled with the “give and take” nature of a sometimes invisible disease process. Most days when things are going well, there is nothing to give, and it takes nothing from us. Well, almost nothing. Or maybe its just that we’ve already given so much, we don’t notice what is being taken. But [Read On]
Mito:Journey to a Diagnosis
September 19, 2011 By 4 Comments
This post might be a hard one to get out. Not because of the emotion of it, although that plays a part. But more because it brings up so many questions than answers. That’s always been kind of the nature of it with Kendall, though. More questions than answers. We are often asked when we [Read On]
What is Mitochondrial Disease?
September 18, 2011 By 5 Comments
In honor of Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week, I thought I’d start off with a post about what exactly IS mitochondrial disease (“mito”)? And truthfully – it’s a question that some of the best and brightest minds in the medical world have a hard time answering. At the base of the science behind mito is this [Read On]
